Screwless socket-cover and holder.



L. W. ANDERSEN. SGREWLRSS SOCKET COVER AND HOLD .APPLTGATION FILED MAR.22,1913.

Patented .May 12, 191?4 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

L. W. ANDERSEN.

soRBWLBss SOCKET COVER AND HOLDER.

APILXUATION FILED MAR.22,1913.

1,096,523, Patented May 12, 1914.

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LAUnI'Tz W. Annu-nenn, or wernnnuni', conNnc'rIcUr, Assronon To THE PLUME en ATWooD MANUFACTURING CCMPANY, or WATnnnunY, CONNECTICUT, A ConP SCREWLESS SOCKET-@OVER AND HOLDER.

Loodsen.

Specification of`Letters Tatent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application led March 2&3. 1913. Serial No. 756,193.

" adapted for yclosed glassware hut it will of course be iunderstood that it can be used 'equally as well upon other forms of shades or globes.

The principal .object of my invention is 'to provide c screwless socket cover and holder, as heretofore serews'have usually boenemployed inconnection with the soci-ret cover and holder for the lpurpose .of connect ing end supporting the shade. My invention completely avoids thel use of such screws and embodies an exceedingly simple, durable' and eiiicient device for receiving und @holding theincandescent light, socket and shade or globe surrounding the same,h

Another object .of rthe. invention is to provide a device which shall not only be simple and efficient, but which will also readily lend itself to .various schemes of ornamentation.

With these various objects in view, my invention consists essentially in the employment of an inner shell adapted to receive and hold a. larnp socket, said inner shell having hinged wings or other shade en gaging means ade ted to be inserted into the mouth of the s ade to engage the interior thereof, said inner shell having an 'outer shell movable thereon and prefeo ably connected 'thereto by threads, said outer shell being vadopted to engage the exterior of the globe or shade and simultaneously lock the interior engaging `wings in their proper positions, thereby securely Clamping the globe or shade between. said wings and outer shell and completely avoiding the use of fastening screws to secure the globe or shade.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described und pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this vspenaiceton: Figure lis a view .showing the practical application of my invention, the globe or shade being securely festened to the combined screwless socket cover and holder. Fig. 2 is a view showing the mannor of connecting,r or disconnecting the several parts, the outer shell being raised to permit the hinged Wings Ato be collapsed so us to .permit their insertion or withdrawal from the ,mouth of the glassware which may be in the orm of a globe orv other shape of shade. Fig. 3 is o. vertical sectional .View of the complete device, the lamp socket and lamp being shown in elevation. Fig. 4r. is ,o detail `view of the inner shell and a portion of one of the hinged wings, tliisview illustrating the manner oi hinging the said wings tothe inner shell. Fig. 5 is a top .plan view of an inner shell having there wings `hinged thereto.

lleferring to the drawings A, indicates o gloss globe .or shade, lil, the incandescent lomp and() the socket, all of which une of the usuel or 4any improved'construction. It will .he understood that although 1 have shown the shade A. L lobulor in forni my invention can he uscdeqmilly :is well -with the bell or other shapes of shades. The socket C, 'is connected to thc conductor pipe of tube l), und mounted upon or fffmocclfcd to this pipe or tube l) is the inner shell E which may be of :my suitable site and shape and 'constitutes the receiving portion of the socket holder or cover. This inner .shell lll is pre erably provided with threads 4E' und also with an annular shoulder E2. An outer shell F is connected to the inner shell E through the medium of the threads E', and this outer shell is movable upon the inner one for two purposes us will he hereinafter explained.

Shade holding wings or members G ore hinged or pivolully connected to the lower curl ot' the inner shell, said hinge or pivotal connection being intermediate the ends ol the wings :is .shown and preferably accomplished by .means of lugs E, projecting throu'o-h slots (lf formed in the win'fs said r- 3 En 5 the upper ends of the winge'ore formed with inwerly projecting lienges in, which ere erle-pieflo be brought iiro engagement Willi the ,Rouler shoulder 'ifi/,When 'the outer shell ie screwed dorm thereby looking 'the wings in gleir flared or outwardly extending positions wel ai: the same time bearing upon the ex'ie'rior of the eliecle at'opposing points as most clearly illustralecl in Fig. 3, 'elle lip A of the globe or shade being between the in: lelie-r supporting; Wings and ille ring of the exterior clamping shell.

4lo Fig. 2 lieve shown two Wings G, which erel so shaped that when the outer shell is eleveeeel these Wings can be eollepsec sullieiently to be inseruecl in elle mouth of ille globe or sliecle :incl alter being so inseried liese Winge een be quickly and easily brought to elle positions shown in Fig. 8 and clamped or looked. by'meens of the outer shell F, Seial outer shell being threaded down upon. the limer one ae illustrated in Figs. l enel 3.

' En Fig( 5 l lieve shown three hinged Winge miel it will ol? Course belmerstooel lie; any desired iimnber oi'wings :may be employed ier the purpose of providing e uniformelempirlg Lotion upon lle interior of elle globe or simile.

Vl een 1i is desiree. to oieeolmeoa elle prime die oeer shell be relsecl so es 'lo i'ee outer ends or the longed Wings :wel by collapsing these wings 'the globe or shade een be quickly and eesily Withdrawn there .f2 .li-om.

oeecliiigly cheep, simple enel elleieli. (zombination soele3 ami ell-mele cover and holcier ariel which eomple'ely eliminates the ose oi? will 'hline oe eeen ilie, provie en eye fastening screws for the purpoee of Connect.- ing the shade to elle socket cover enel holder.

l. il device of che lisrl described loomprising :L sliell adepted'to receive and envelop ai eoelet, megane oonzoeoted to the lower enel thereof for the interior of a shade, togelier with coperetinf means no tachaole to the shell and eclapte ro engage the exterior elle shade and also hold the nerior engaging means .in e, xerl position.

A device of elle kind described oomprsing e. eliell adapted to receive endenvelop e Seel iz, Wings pivotally connected; to the bottom of said shell :md edaoed to engege the in'erior ofa shade, and am outer shell adapted to engage the exterior of seid shell, said outer eliell being aaelmblete the limer shell et a point above thewoge and;

adapted to liold said wings in engegement Willi the ioterioroi" iheehede, es set orh.

3. A eleviee of the kiwi described comprising im inner shell adapted to receive and envelop e Socket, Seid shell having e thread thereon, shade holding members pivo'tecl to theilower lemi of Said inner shell, the outer ends of Seid Winge being adapte to engage the interior of a, shade, and an oigier shell adapted eo engage the exzerior of seid shade, eeif ouiier shell lier/ing ehreeds adapted to engage elle threads upon ille inner shell, whereby the Winge are-held in engagement with the exterior thereof, for ehe purposesei; "forsl'i, r i

LAURTZ W. ANDERSEN. wWitnesses J, L Somer? A., Strom. 

